TextUnit: Text Unit

In VectrixDB: Lightweight Vector Database with Embedded Machine Learning Models

Text Unit

Description

A chunk of text from a document

Public fields

id

Unique identifier

text

Text content

document_id

Source document

chunk_index

Index in document

start_char

Start position

end_char

End position

metadata

Additional metadata

Methods

Public methods

• TextUnit$new()

• TextUnit$clone()

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Method new()

Create a new TextUnit

Usage

TextUnit$new(
  id,
  text,
  document_id = NULL,
  chunk_index = 0,
  start_char = 0,
  end_char = 0,
  metadata = NULL
)

Arguments

id

Unique ID

text

Content

document_id

Source doc

chunk_index

Index

start_char

Start

end_char

End

metadata

Metadata

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

TextUnit$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

VectrixDB documentation built on Feb. 20, 2026, 5:09 p.m.